D53.8

D53.8: Other specified nutritional anemias

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

D53.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified nutritional anemias. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check D53.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

nutritional deficiencies without anemia, such as:
copper deficiency NOS (E61.0)
molybdenum deficiency NOS (E61.5)
zinc deficiency NOS (E60)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Anemia associated with deficiency of copper
Anemia associated with deficiency of molybdenum
Anemia associated with deficiency of zinc

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Anemia›due to›deficiency›copper
Anemia›due to›deficiency›molybdenum
Anemia›due to›deficiency›zinc
Anemia›nutritional›with›specified deficiency NEC
Anemia›deficiency›nutritional›with›specified deficiency NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under D53